Pre-dispatch dynamic customization of email instances of an email

ABSTRACT

In certain embodiments, an email including a plurality of components may be obtained and email activity data associated with a user may be obtained. The email activity data may include data associated with the user&#39;s previous activity with emails. A subset of components of the plurality of components to be included in a customized email may be determined based on the email activity data such that the customized email includes the subset of components and excludes one or more other components of the plurality of components. The customized email may be sent to the user.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to customizing a correspondence, for example,dynamically customizing an email, prior to dispatch of thecorrespondence to an intended recipient.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Correspondences are exchanged between users and such correspondences areintended to provide information relevant to an intended recipient user.However, a recipient user may not always read the entire correspondence,the content within the correspondence may not always be relevant to theintended recipient user, and the recipient user may not positivelyengage with the content in the correspondence. This may be especiallytrue in the case of sending bulk correspondences to multiple recipientusers. These and other drawbacks exist.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Aspects of the invention relate to methods, apparatuses, and/or systemsfor facilitating customization of an email correspondence prior todispatch of the email correspondence to an intended recipient.

One aspect of the disclosure relates to a system for customizing anemail. The system may include a computer system that comprises one ormore processors programmed with computer program instructions that, whenexecuted, cause the computer system to obtain an email including aplurality of components and obtain email activity data associated with auser, the email activity data including data associated with the user'sprevious activity with emails. The computer system may further determinea subset of components of the plurality of components to be included ina customized email based on the email activity data such that thecustomized email includes the subset of components and excludes one ormore other components of the plurality of components and send thecustomized email to the user.

Another aspect of the disclosure relates to a method of customizing anemail. The method may be implemented by one or more processorsconfigured to execute one or more computer program instructions. Themethod may comprise obtaining an email including a plurality ofcomponents and obtaining email activity data associated with a user, theemail activity data including data associated with the user's previousactivity with emails. The method may further comprise determining asubset of components of the plurality of components to be included in acustomized email based on the email activity data such that thecustomized email includes the subset of components and excludes one ormore other components of the plurality of components and sending thecustomized email to the user.

Another aspect of the disclosure may include one or more non-transitory,computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by oneor more processors, effectuate operations comprising obtaining an emailincluding a plurality of components, obtaining email activity dataassociated with a user, the email activity data including dataassociated with the user's previous activity with emails, determining asubset of components of the plurality of components to be included in acustomized email based on the email activity data such that thecustomized email includes the subset of components and excludes one ormore other components of the plurality of components, and sending thecustomized email to the user.

Various other aspects, features, and advantages of the invention will beapparent through the detailed description of the invention and thedrawings attached hereto. It is also to be understood that both theforegoing general description and the following detailed description areexamples and not restrictive of the scope of the invention. As used inthe specification and in the claims, the singular forms of “a,” “an,”and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictatesotherwise. In addition, as used in the specification and the claims, theterm “or” means “and/or” unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a system for facilitating customization of acorrespondence, in accordance with one or more embodiments.

FIG. 2 shows a machine learning model configured to facilitatecustomization of a correspondence, in accordance with one or moreembodiments.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of a method of facilitating customization of anemail, in accordance with one or more embodiments.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of another method of facilitating customizationof an email, in accordance with one or more embodiments.

FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of a method of causing customization of anemail at a client device, in accordance with one or more embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, numerousspecific details are set forth in order to provide a thoroughunderstanding of the embodiments of the invention. It will beappreciated, however, by those having skill in the art that theembodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specificdetails or with an equivalent arrangement. In other cases, well-knownstructures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to avoidunnecessarily obscuring the embodiments of the invention.

FIG. 1 shows a system 100 for facilitating customization of acorrespondence (for example, an email, SMS, voice mail transcription,social media, messaging applications, or other correspondences that maybe exchanged between users), in accordance with one or more embodiments.As shown in FIG. 1, system 100 may include computer system 102, clientdevice 104 (or client devices 104 a-104 n), or other components.Computer system 102 may include customization subsystem 112,communication subsystem 114, model subsystem 116, feedback subsystem118, or other components. Client device 104 may include customizationsubsystem 142, communication subsystem 144, display subsystem 146, orother components. Each client device 104 may include any type of mobileterminal, fixed terminal, or other device. By way of example, clientdevice 104 may include a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a tabletcomputer, a smartphone, a wearable device, a device on the cloud, orother client device. Users may, for instance, utilize one or more clientdevices 104 to interact with one another, one or more servers, or othercomponents of system 100. It should be noted that, while one or moreoperations are described herein as being performed by particularcomponents of computer system 102, those operations may, in someembodiments, be performed by other components of computer system 102 orother components of system 100. As an example, while one or moreoperations are described herein as being performed by components ofcomputer system 102, those operations may, in some embodiments, beperformed by components of client device 104 or other components ofsystem 100 and while one or more operations are described herein asbeing performed by components of client device 104, those operationsmay, in some embodiments, be performed by components of computer system102 or other components of system 100. It should be noted that, althoughsome embodiments are described herein with respect to machine learningmodels, other prediction models (e.g., statistical models or otheranalytics models) may be used in lieu of or in addition to machinelearning models in other embodiments (e.g., a statistical modelreplacing a machine learning model and a non-statistical model replacinga non-machine-learning model in one or more embodiments).

Customization of a Correspondence Prior to Dispatch of theCorrespondence to a User

In some embodiments, system 100 may facilitate customization of acorrespondence (for example, an email, SMS, voice mail transcription,social media correspondence, messaging applications, etc.) prior todispatch of the correspondence to a user (for example, an intendedrecipient of the correspondence). In some embodiments, the customizationof a correspondence may be based on data associated with a user.Although the description below may refer to an email correspondence, itshould be understood that the details of the disclosure may apply to anytype of correspondence.

In some embodiments, system 100 may facilitate customization of an emailbased on user data (for example, email activity data, user activitydata, or website activity data). The computer system 102 may obtain anemail, for example, from a client device 104 or an external source (notillustrated). For example, the email may be obtained by the computersystem 102 from a sender who intends the email to be received bymultiple users. In other words, the obtained email may be intended for aplurality of users (for example, a plurality of intended recipients).The obtained email may include a plurality of components or portions.The plurality of components or portions of an email may include aheader, footer, signature block, subject, body, image, or othercomponents of an email. It should be understood that each of thoseheader, footer, signature block, subject, body, and image may alsoinclude a plurality of components or portions. For example, the body ofthe email may include a plurality of words, sentences, or paragraphs,and the plurality of words, sentences, or paragraphs of the body may beconsidered as plurality of components or portions of an email.

In some embodiments, the computer system 102 may obtain user dataassociated with one or more users from the user data database 138, forexample, via an application programming interface (API) request. Theuser data associated with the activities of one or more users may beperiodically collected and stored in the user data database 138 so as toallow the computer system 102 to access such user data when needed. Forexample, a company may collect user data associated with each of itsemployees and store it in a database and use such user data when needed.In some embodiments, the obtained user data may include user dataassociated a specific time period. For example, the obtained user datamay include user data associated with a time stamp within the past year,within the past two years, within the past few months, etc. The timestamp may correspond to a time at which the user data was collected andstored in the user data database 138. Since user habits change overtime, some user data (for example, older user data) may not be relevantanymore. Accordingly, only relevant user data may be obtained or used.The relevance of the user data may be determined (for example, by thecomputer system 102 or a client device 104) by comparing the newer userdata with the older user data and determining whether there are anydifferences between the older user data and the newer user data thatexceed a predetermined threshold. If such a threshold is exceeded, thenthe older user data may be deleted from the user data database 138 andthe newer user data may be obtained (or used for customizing an email).This way, user data that is not relevant may not need to be communicatedor used. For example, older user data may indicate that a user spends anaverage (or total) time of less than five seconds looking at an email,while the newer user data may indicate that the same user now spends anaverage (or total) time of thirty seconds looking at an email. Thiswould suggest that the user habit has changed in recent times andtherefore, older user data may no longer be relevant. Accordingly, onlyrelevant user data may be obtained or used.

In some embodiments, the user data associated with a user may includeemail activity data associated with the user's previous activity withemails. The email activity data may include data regarding the user'stime (for example, average amount of time, total amount of time, etc.)of interaction with one or more emails, the user's amount of scrolls(for example, average amount of scrolls, total amount of scrolls, etc.)through one or more emails, or the user's interaction with links withinone or more emails. The email activity data may be tracked by usingcontent inserted into the email, like a hyperlink, tracking code, etc.that includes a tracking pixel. A tracking pixel may be a 1×1 pixel (orlarger) or a pixel tag that is loaded when a document or an email isopened or when a hyperlink is accessed. Or embodiments may use atracking font, a tracking script, or various other remote resourcescalled when rendering by a rendering engine. The tracking pixel may beassociated with a URL that corresponds to a memory location on a server(for example, computer system 102). When a document, email, or hyperlinkthat has a tracking pixel is opened, the opening application may parsethe document (or email or hyperlink), detect the URL, and respond bytriggering a request to a web server where the tracking pixel is hosted.The server may then send a pixel tag to an IP address (from which thedocument, email, or hyperlink was opened or accessed) and that IPaddress may be logged by the web server (for example, computer system102). In addition to the IP address, various other informationassociated with, for example, a user that opened or otherwise accessedthe document, email, or hyperlink may be obtained. Such otherinformation may include an operating system used, types of website oremail used, type of client used, screen resolution, time the document(or email or hyperlink) was read or otherwise accessed, interaction withlinks within a document or email, and activities on the website during asession. In some embodiments, the user scrolls may also be tracked basedon a user's action and a location of a call to action button/link.

In some embodiments, the email activity data associated with a user maybe collected from a user each time the user accesses his/her email. Forexample, a company that monitors activities of its employees may collectemail activity data associated with each user. The email activity datafor each user may be stored in the user data database 138 along with atime stamp (for example, the time associated with the user's activitywith an email). As user habits and activities change over time, certainemail activity data may not be as relevant as other email activity data(for example, email activity data that are more recent may be morerelevant to the user than older email activity data). Accordingly, insome embodiments, the email activity data may be associated with weightsand the weights associated with the email activity data may be based onrelevance of the email activity data (for example, email activity datathat are more recent may be more relevant to the user than older emailactivity data). The weights associated with the email activity data maybe periodically or dynamically modified based on a change in relevanceof the email activity data. For example, a weight associated with emailactivity data at a current time may be higher that the weight associatedwith the same email activity data one year after the current time.

In some embodiments, the computer system 102 (for example, thecustomization subsystem 112) may determine a subset of components of theplurality of components of the email to be included in a customizedemail based on the email activity data such that the customized emailincludes the subset of components and excludes one or more othercomponents of the plurality of components of the email. In other words,the customization subsystem 112 may customize an email instance of theemail for a user based on email activity data such that the emailinstance includes a subset of components of the plurality of componentsand excludes one or more other components of the plurality ofcomponents. Alternatively, or additionally, the customization of theemail may also be performed such that the customized email includes oneor more components that are highlighted, that are capitalized, or thatare formatted (for example, modifying the font, paragraph spacing, etc.)and other components of the customized email that are not highlighted,capitalized, or formatted. In other words, a customized email mayinclude one or more components that are selected to be highlighted,capitalized, or formatted and may include other components that are nothighlighted, capitalized, or formatted. Alternatively, or additionally,each of the components included in the customized email may behighlighted, capitalized, or formatted (for example, modifying the font,paragraph spacing, etc.), while one or more other components of theemail are excluded from the customized email. Alternatively, oradditionally, one or more components included in the customized emailmay be highlighted, capitalized, or formatted (for example, modifyingthe font, paragraph spacing, etc.), while a first subset of othercomponents of the email are excluded from the customized email and whilea second subset of the other components of the email are included in thecustomized email but not highlighted, capitalized, or formatted. Inother words, a customized email may include one or more components ofthe email that are highlighted, capitalized, or formatted and mayinclude a first subset of other components of the email that are nothighlighted, capitalized, or formatted, while a second subset of theother components of the email are excluded from the customized email.Such customization may be based on user data (for example, emailactivity data, user activity data, or web site activity data).

In some embodiments, the customization of an email may be based on aportion of the obtained user data (for example, a portion of theobtained email activity data, user activity data, or website activitydata). The computer system 102 (for example, the customization subsystem112) may determine a portion of the user data that is relevant to theuser and other portions of the user data that are not relevant to theuser and utilize the relevant portion of the user data to determine asubset of components of the plurality of components of the email to beincluded in a customized email such that the customized email includesthe subset of components and excludes one or more other components ofthe plurality of components of the email. As discussed above, therelevant portion of the user data may be determined based on differencesbetween the newer user data and the older user data. For example, olderuser data may indicate that a user spends an average (or total) time ofless than five seconds looking at an email, while the newer user datamay indicate that the same user now spends an average (or total) time ofthirty seconds looking at an email. If a threshold for a differencebetween older user data and newer user data is five seconds, then thecomputer system 102 may determine that the newer user data (for example,indicating that the user now spends an average (or total) time of thirtyseconds looking at an email) may be more relevant and that the neweruser data should be utilized, while excluding the older user data frombeing utilized. Accordingly, the computer system 102 may utilize aportion of the obtained user data (for example, a portion of the userdata that is relevant to the user) to determine a subset of componentsof the plurality of components of the email to be included in acustomized email such that the customized email includes the subset ofcomponents and excludes one or more other components of the plurality ofcomponents of the email.

Alternatively, or additionally, the computer system 102 may obtain asubset of the user data (including a subset of the newer user data and asubset of the older user data) from the user data database 138 and maydetermine whether the older user data is relevant or not based on acomparison of the subset of the newer user data and the subset of theolder user data. If the computer system 102 determines that differencebetween the subset of the new user data and the subset of the older userdata exceeds a predetermined threshold, then the computer system 102 mayonly obtain the rest of the newer user data to utilize the newer userdata to determine a subset of components of the plurality of componentsof the email to be included in a customized email such that thecustomized email includes the subset of components and excludes one ormore other components of the plurality of components of the email.Accordingly, only relevant user data may be obtained or used.

In some embodiments, the customization of the email may be performedprior to dispatch of the customized email to a user. As an example, theemail activity data may indicate that the user only spends a total (oraverage) of less than seven seconds looking at an email. Based on suchemail activity data, the customization subsystem 112 may determine thata customized email should only include, for example, the subject and afirst paragraph of the body of the email, and that other components ofthe email (for example, header, footer, other paragraphs of the body ofthe email, image, etc.) should be excluded.

Additionally, in some embodiments, the customization subsystem 112 mayalso take into account the weights associated with different pieces ofdata in the email activity data and may determine a subset of componentsof the plurality of components of the email to be included in acustomized email based on the email activity data and the weightsassociated with the email activity data. As an example, a higher weightmay be assigned to email activity data associated with the past yearcompared to email activity associated with dates prior to the past year(that is, email activity data indicating that a user spends a total (oraverage) of fifteen seconds looking at one or more emails in the pastyear may be assigned a higher weight than email activity data thatindicates that the user spent a total (or average) less than fiveseconds looking at one or more email prior to the past year). Based onsuch email activity data and weights associated with the email activitydata, the customization subsystem 112 may determine that a customizedemail should include, for example, the subject, the header, the firsttwo paragraphs in the body of the email, and the image, and that othercomponents of the email (for example, footer, other paragraphs in thebody of the email, etc.) should be excluded.

As another example, the email activity data may indicate that the userinteracts often with links within emails. Based on such data associatedwith the email activity data, the customization subsystem 112 maydetermine that a customized email should include, for example, thesubject, the header, and any paragraph in the body of the email thatincludes a link, and that other components of the email (for example,footer, other paragraphs in the body of the email, image, etc.) shouldbe excluded. Additionally, the customization subsystem 112 may take intoaccount weights associated with user's interaction with links withinemails and based on this, may determine a subset of components of theplurality of components of the email to be included in a customizedemail and one or more other components to be excluded from thecustomized email.

In some embodiments, the customization subsystem 112 may customize anemail such that one or more portions of one or more components of theemail are included in the customized email and the other portions of theone or more components or the other components (other than the one ormore components) of the email are excluded from the customized email. Asan example, the email activity data may indicate that a user spends atotal (or average) time of less than three seconds on an email. Based onsuch email activity data, the customization subsystem 112 may determinethat a customized email should only include, for example, a portion ofthe subject and a portion of the first paragraph of the body of theemail, and that other components of the email (for example, header,footer, other portion of the subject, other paragraphs of the body ofthe email, other portions of the first paragraph, image, etc.) should beexcluded.

In some embodiments, the computer system 102 may send the customizedemail to a user (for example, to a client device 104 associated with theuser or to a device on the cloud that receives and stores the emailassociated with a user's email account). The user can access thecustomized email by accessing his or her email account via, for example,a client device 104. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the computer system 102may communicate with the client device 104 via a network 150.

In some embodiments, the obtained user data may include user activitydata. The user activity data may be associated with the user's previousactivity related to the contents of the obtained email. In someembodiments, computer system 102 (for example, the customizationsubsystem 112) may scan the contents of the obtained email. Based onscanning the email, the customization subsystem 112 may identify thecontents associated with the email. In some embodiments, the computersystem 102 may generate a request (for example, an API request) toobtain user activity data, which includes data associated with theuser's activity related to the contents of the email. The request may begenerated based on the scanned contents of the email and an identity ofthe user associated with the email.

In some embodiments, user activity data may be stored in a user datadatabase 138. User activity data may correspond to a user's activity.For example, if a user has an account with a bank, the user activitydata associated with the user may include data indicating dates andtimes of withdrawal, amount of withdrawals, dates and times of deposit,amount of deposits, and other data of the user's activity connected tothe bank account associated with the user. Further, if a user has acredit card account with a bank, the user activity data associated withthe user may include data indicating date and time of previous payment,amount of previous payment, date and time of next payment, amount ofnext payment, and other data of the user's activity connected to thecredit card account associated with the user. Although the aboveexamples relate to a user's bank account and credit card account, itshould be understood that user activity data may include any dataassociated with a user's activity. The user activity data may becollected by the computer system 102 each time a user takes an action,for example, with his/her bank account or credit card account and theuser activity data may be stored (along with a user's identification) inthe user data database 138.

In some embodiments, in response to a request for user activity datarelated to the contents of the email, the computer system 102 mayretrieve user activity data related to the contents of the email. Inother words, if the request for user activity data is related to auser's credit card account, then the computer system 102 may retrieveuser activity data related to the user's credit card account. As anexample, an email may include contents associated with a credit cardaccount and a plurality of components of the email may include “Yournext payment is due soon” and “Thank you for your payment.” Based onsuch contents of the email and based on scanning of the email, thecomputer system 102 may determine that the contents of the email tocorrespond to a credit card account. Accordingly, the computer system102 may request to retrieve a user's activity data associated with theuser's credit card account. If the obtained user activity data indicatesthat the user recently made a credit card payment, then thecustomization subsystem 112 may determine a subset of components (forexample, “Thank you for your payment”) to be included in a customizedemail based on the user activity data (for example, an indication thatthe user recently made a credit card payment) such that the customizedemail includes the subset of components (for example, “Thank you foryour payment”) and excludes the other components (for example, “Yournext payment is due soon”) of the email. In other words, thecustomization subsystem 112 may customize an email instance of the emailfor a user based on user activity data such that the email instanceincludes a subset of components of the plurality of components andexcludes other components of the plurality of components. As notedabove, customization of an email may be done prior to dispatch of thecustomized email to a user (for example, to a client device 104 or to adevice in a cloud that stores emails).

In some embodiments, the customization subsystem 112 may customize anemail such that one or more portions of one or more components of theemail are included in the customized email and the other portions of theone or more components or the other components (other than the one ormore components) of the email are excluded from the customized email. Asan example, an email may include contents associated with a credit cardaccount and a plurality of components of the email may include “Yournext payment is due soon” and “Payment received, thank you for yourpayment.” Based on such contents of the email and based on scanning ofthe email, the computer system 102 may determine that the contents ofthe email to correspond to a credit card account. Accordingly, thecomputer system 102 may request to retrieve a user's activity dataassociated with the user's credit card account. If the obtained useractivity data indicates that the user recently made a credit cardpayment, then the customization subsystem 112 may determine one or moreportions of a component (for example, “Payment received”) to be includedin a customized email based on the user activity data (for example, anindication that the user recently made a credit card payment) such thatthe customized email includes a portion of a component (for example,“Payment received”) and excludes other portions and other components(for example, “Your next payment is due soon” and “, thank you for yourpayment”) of the email.

In some embodiments, the computer system 102 may send the customizedemail to a user (for example, to a client device 104 associated with theuser or to a device on the cloud that receives and stores the emailassociated with the user). The user can access the customized email byaccessing his or her email account via, for example, a client device104. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the computer system 102 may communicatewith the client device 104 via a network 150.

In some embodiments, the obtained user data may further include websiteactivity data. The web site activity data may include data regarding auser's interaction with one or more web sites. Web site activity datamay include data identifying the content of one or more web sitesvisited by the user, the user's time (for example, average amount oftime, total amount of time, etc.) of interaction with one or morewebsites, the user's amount of scrolls (for example, average amount ofscrolls, total amount of scrolls, etc.) through one or more websites,the user's interaction with links within one or more websites, theuser's number of visits associated with one or more websites, the user'spercentage of new sessions associated with one or more websites, theuser's use of channels (for example, direct, organic search, referral,email, paid search, other advertising) to access one or more web sites,whether the user's visit to one or more websites was a single pagevisit, the user's conversion (for example, email subscriptions, contactform submissions, content downloads, engaging in live chat, watchingvideos, etc.) associated with one or more web sites, a number of pagesvisited in one or more web sites, whether the user visited one or morewebsites from a mobile device, or the user's landing and exit pagesassociated with one or more websites.

The website activity data of a user may be obtained periodically (forexample, by the computer system 102). For example, an employee of thecompany may be tracked periodically, and the website activity data ofthe employee may be stored in, for example, the user data database 138.When website activity data is needed to customize an email, the computersystem 102 may obtain the website activity data from the user datadatabase 138 via an API request. The website activity data may be storedin the user data database 138 along with a time stamp (for example, thetime associated with the user's website activity). As user habits andactivities change over time, certain website activity data may not be asrelevant as other website activity data (for example, website activitydata that are more recent may be more relevant to the user than olderwebsite activity data). Accordingly, in some embodiments, the websiteactivity data may be associated with weights and the weights associatedwith the website activity data may be based on relevance of the websiteactivity data (for example, website activity data that are more recentmay be more relevant to the user than older web site activity data). Theweights associated with the website activity data may be periodically ordynamically modified based on a change in relevance of the websiteactivity data. For example, a weight associated with website activitydata at a current time may be higher that the weight associated with thesame website activity data one year after the current time.

In some embodiments, the computer system 102 (for example, thecustomization subsystem 112) may determine a subset of components of theplurality of components of the email to be included in a customizedemail based on the website activity data such that the customized emailincludes the subset of components and excludes one or more othercomponents of the plurality of components of the email. In other words,the customization subsystem 112 may customize an email instance of theemail for a user based on website activity data such that the emailinstance includes a subset of components of the plurality of componentsand excludes one or more other components of the plurality ofcomponents. The customization of the email may be performed prior todispatch of the customized email to a user. As an example, the websiteactivity data may indicate that the user only spends a total (oraverage) of less than seven seconds looking at one or more websites.Based on such website activity data, the customization subsystem 112 maydetermine that a customized email should only include, for example, thesubject and a first paragraph of the body of the email, and that othercomponents of the email (for example, header, footer, other paragraphsof the body of the email, image, etc.) should be excluded. Additionally,the customization subsystem 112 may also take into account the weightsassociated with different pieces of data in the website activity dataand may determine a subset of components of the plurality of componentsof the email to be included in a customized email based on the websiteactivity data and the weights associated with the website activity data.As an example, a higher weight may be assigned to website activity dataassociated with the past year compared to website activity associatedwith dates prior to the past year (that is, website activity dataindicating that a user spends a total (or average) of fifteen secondslooking at one or more websites in the past year may be assigned ahigher weight than website activity data that indicates that the userspent a total (or average) less than five seconds looking at one or morewebsites prior to the past year). Based on such website activity dataand weights associated with the web site activity data, thecustomization subsystem 112 may determine that a customized email shouldinclude, for example, the subject, the header, the first two paragraphsin the body of the email, and the image, and that other components ofthe email (for example, footer, other paragraphs in the body of theemail, etc.) should be excluded.

As another example, the website activity data may indicate specificcontent that the user views on one or more websites. For instance,website data activity may indicate that 40% of the websites that theuser views are sports related, 25% of the websites are news related, 25%of the websites are related to stock trading, and 10% are miscellaneousor may indicate that a user spends a total (or average) time of twominutes on sports related websites and spends a total (or average) timeof thirty seconds on news related websites. Based on such websiteactivity data, the computer system 102 (for example, the customizationsubsystem 112) may customize an email such that the customized emailincludes the subject and all the paragraphs of the body of the email andexcludes other components such as header and footer of the email whenthe contents of the email are sports related. On the other hand, basedon such website activity data, the computer system 102 (for example, thecustomization subsystem 112) may customize an email such that thecustomized email includes the subject and a first paragraph of the bodyof the email and excludes other components such as header, footer, andother paragraphs of the body of the email when the contents of the emailare news related. Additionally, the customization subsystem 112 may takeinto account weights associated with user's website activity and basedon the weights, may determine a subset of components of the plurality ofcomponents of the email to be included in a customized email and one ormore other components to be excluded from the customized email.

In some embodiments, the customization subsystem 112 may customize anemail such that one or more portions of one or more components of theemail are included in the customized email and the other portions of theone or more components or the other components (other than the one ormore components) of the email are excluded from the customized email. Asan example, the website activity data may indicate that a user spends atotal (or average) time of ten seconds on sports related web sites andspends a total (or average) time of twenty seconds on news relatedwebsites. If the content of an email is sports related, then based onsuch website activity data, the customization subsystem 112 maydetermine that a customized email should include a portion of thesubject and a portion of the first paragraph of the body of the emailand should exclude other components of the email (for example, the otherportion of the subject, the other portion of the first paragraph of thebody of the email, the header, footer, image, etc.). If the content ofthe email is news related, then based on such website activity data, thecustomization subsystem 112 may determine that a customized email shouldinclude a portion of the subject and a portion of the first and secondparagraphs of the body of the email and should exclude other componentsof the email (for example, the other portion of the subject, the otherportions of the first and second paragraphs of the body of the email,the header, footer, image, etc.).

In some embodiments, the computer system 102 may send the customizedemail to a user (for example, to a client device 104 associated with theuser or to a device on the cloud that receives and stores the emailassociated with the user). The user can access the customized email byaccessing his or her email account on, for example, a client device 104.As illustrated in FIG. 1, the computer system 102 may communicate withthe client device 104 via a network 150. The computer system 102communicates with other devices or databases via, for example, thecommunication subsystem 114. Although certain examples are providedabove to customize an email based on user data, it should be understoodthat the customization of an email may be based on one or more pieces ofdata of the user data.

Customizing an email based on the above techniques can be advantageousfor several reasons. As an example, an intended recipient may receivecontent in the customized email that the intended recipient is likely toread. As another example, based on the above description, the intendedrecipient is more likely to receive content in the customized email thatis relevant to the recipient user. As a further example, the recipientuser may be more likely to positively engage (for example, via emailsubscriptions, via clicking on links included in the customized email,via contact form submissions, via content downloads, via engaging inlive chat, via watching videos, etc.) with the content received in thecustomized email.

In some embodiments, system 100 (for example, via model subsystem 116and feedback subsystem 118) may train or configure a prediction model tofacilitate customization of an email. In some embodiments, system 100may obtain user data (for example, email activity data, user activitydata, or website activity data) and provide such user data as input to aprediction model to generate predictions (for example, related to how tocustomize an email and whether to customize an email). As an example,the obtained user data may include email activity data including dataassociated with a user's previous activity with one or more emails, useractivity data including data associated with a user's activity relatedto contents of an email, and website activity data including dataregarding the user's interaction with one or more websites. System 100may provide information regarding customized emails as referencefeedback to the prediction model, and the prediction model may updateone or more portions of the prediction model based on the predictionsand information regarding customized emails. As an example, theinformation regarding customized emails may be related to thecustomization of emails (e.g., information indicating how thecustomization of an email should be performed, information indicatingwhether the customization of an email was successful in conveying themessage in the email to the user, etc.). In this way, for example, theprediction model may be trained or configured to generate more accuratepredictions.

In some embodiments, subsequent to the updating of the prediction model,system 100 may use the prediction model to customize an email. As anexample, system 100 may obtain and provide user data (for example, emailactivity data, user activity data, and website activity data) to theprediction model to obtain one or more predictions from the predictionmodel. System 100 may use the predictions to determine how to performthe customization of an email or to generate other determinations. Inone use case, the prediction model may generate a prediction specifyingwhat components of an email should be included in a customized email andwhat components of the email should be excluded from the customizedemail. In another use case, the prediction model may generate aprediction specifying a probability that including of certain componentsof an email and excluding other components of an email in a customizedemail will produce a satisfiable result (for example, a probability thatthe user will positively interact with a customized email). Eachprediction model may be specific to a single user or multiple users.

In some embodiments, the prediction model may include one or more neuralnetworks or other machine learning models. As an example, neuralnetworks may be based on a large collection of neural units (orartificial neurons). Neural networks may loosely mimic the manner inwhich a biological brain works (e.g., via large clusters of biologicalneurons connected by axons). Each neural unit of a neural network may beconnected with many other neural units of the neural network. Suchconnections can be enforcing or inhibitory in their effect on theactivation state of connected neural units. In some embodiments, eachindividual neural unit may have a summation function which combines thevalues of all its inputs together. In some embodiments, each connection(or the neural unit itself) may have a threshold function such that thesignal must surpass the threshold before it propagates to other neuralunits. These neural network systems may be self-learning and trained,rather than explicitly programmed, and can perform significantly betterin certain areas of problem solving, as compared to traditional computerprograms. In some embodiments, neural networks may include multiplelayers (e.g., where a signal path traverses from front layers to backlayers). In some embodiments, back propagation techniques may beutilized by the neural networks, where forward stimulation is used toreset weights on the “front” neural units. In some embodiments,stimulation and inhibition for neural networks may be more free flowing,with connections interacting in a more chaotic and complex fashion.

In some embodiments, a collection of user data associated with a user(for example, email activity data with respect to 50 or more emails, 100or more emails, 500 or more emails, 1,000 or more emails, 10,000 or moreemails, 100,000 or more emails, 1,000,000 or more emails, etc., useractivity data with respect to 50 or more user activities, 100 or moreuser activities, 500 or more user activities, 1,000 or more useractivities, 10,000 or more user activities, 100,000 or more useractivities, 1,000,000 or more user activities, etc., or website activitydata with respect to 50 or more websites, 100 or more websites, 500 ormore websites, 1,000 or more websites, 10,000 or more websites, 100,000or more websites, 1,000,000 or more websites, etc.) may be obtained andprovided to the prediction model via the model subsystem 116 toconfigure or train the prediction model. Feedback subsystem 118 mayprovide information regarding customization of emails as referencefeedback to the prediction model, and the prediction model may updateits configurations (for example, weights, biases, or other parameters)based on the predictions and the information regarding customization ofemails. In some embodiments, feedback subsystem 118 may provide theinformation regarding customization of emails as reference feedback tothe prediction model to cause the prediction model to assess itspredictions against the information regarding customization of emails.As an example, the prediction model may update its configurations (forexample, weights, biases, or other parameters) based on its assessmentof the predictions. As an example, the predictions generated by theprediction model (e.g., based on the user data) may include predictionsrelated to how to customize an email for a user or other predictions.The information regarding customization of emails may includeinformation indicating how to customize an email (for example, whatcomponents of an email to include in the customized email and whatcomponents of the email to exclude from the customized email) andwhether the customization of an email was successful in conveying themessage in the email to the user (for example, whether the userpositively interacted with the customized email).

In some embodiments, subsequent to the updating of the prediction model,the prediction model may be used to customize an email. As an example,user data may be obtained and provided to the prediction model to obtainone or more predictions from the prediction model. The predictionsobtained from the prediction model may be used to determine how tocustomize an email (for example, what components of an email to includein the customized email and what components of the email to exclude fromthe customized email) and whether the customization of an email wassuccessful in conveying the message in the email to the user (forexample, whether the user positively interacted with the customizedemail). As an example, the predictions may include a predictionspecifying how to customize an email (for example, to include subjectand first paragraph of the body of the email in a customized email andto exclude the header, footer, image, and other paragraphs of the bodyof the email from the customized email), a prediction specifying aprobability of success (for example, “X % Likelihood that user willinteract with the customized email.”). The training data database 134may include training data (for example, user data and informationregarding customization of emails) and model database 136 may includeone or more trained prediction models.

As an example, with respect to FIG. 2, machine learning model 202 maytake inputs 204 and provide outputs 206. In one use case, outputs 206may be fed back (for example, active feedback) to machine learning model202 as input to train machine learning model 202 (e.g., alone or inconjunction with user indications of the accuracy of outputs 206, labelsassociated with the inputs, or with other reference feedbackinformation). In another use case, machine learning model 202 may updateits configurations (e.g., weights, biases, or other parameters) based onits assessment of its prediction (e.g., outputs 206) and referencefeedback information (e.g., user indication of accuracy, referencelabels, or other information). In another use case, where machinelearning model 202 is a neural network, connection weights may beadjusted to reconcile differences between the neural network'sprediction and the reference feedback. In a further use case, one ormore neurons (or nodes) of the neural network may require that theirrespective errors are sent backward through the neural network to themto facilitate the update process (e.g., backpropagation of error).Updates to the connection weights may, for example, be reflective of themagnitude of error propagated backward after a forward pass has beencompleted. In this way, for example, the machine learning model 202 maybe trained to generate better predictions.

Customization of a Correspondence after Dispatch of the Correspondenceto a User

In some embodiments, system 100 may facilitate customization of acorrespondence (for example, an email, SMS, voice mail transcription,social media correspondence, messaging applications, etc.) after thecorrespondence has been dispatched to a user (for example, an intendedrecipient of the correspondence). In other words, the customization of acorrespondence may be performed after a sender has sent his/hercorrespondence to one or more users and the one or more users hasreceived such a correspondence at a client device 104 or at a device inthe cloud associated with a user account. In some embodiments, thecustomization of a correspondence may be based on data associated with auser. Although the description below may refer to an emailcorrespondence, it should be understood that the details of thedisclosure may apply to any type of correspondence.

In some embodiments, system 100 may facilitate customization of an emailbased on user data (for example, email activity data, user activitydata, or website activity data). A client device 104 (for example, viacommunication subsystem 144) may obtain an email, for example, from thecomputer system 102 or an external source (not illustrated). Forexample, the email may be obtained by the client device 104 from asender who intends the email to be received by multiple users. In otherwords, the obtained email may be intended for a plurality of users (forexample, a plurality of intended recipients). It should be understoodthat the client device 104 may correspond to a device associated with auser or a device on the cloud that receives the email, which can beaccessed via any other device. The obtained email may include aplurality of components or portions. The plurality of components orportions of an email may include a header, footer, signature block,subject, body, image, or other components of an email. It should beunderstood that each of header, footer, signature block, subject, body,and image may also include a plurality of components or portions. Forexample, the body of the email may include a plurality of words,sentences, or paragraphs, and the plurality of words, sentences, orparagraphs of the body may be considered as plurality of components orportions of an email.

In some embodiments, in response to an action (for example, an action toopen or access the email may include an action to preview the email oran action to open or access a new window corresponding to the email) toopen (or access) the email (for example, by a user associated with anemail account that has received such an email), the client device 104may generate a request (for example, an API request) to obtain user dataassociated with the user (who is associated with the email). The requestmay be automatically generated in response to an action to open (oraccess) an email. An advantage to obtaining data in response to arequest may include receiving only the most up-to-date user data.Alternatively, in some embodiments, user data associated with a user maybe periodically or continuously obtained by the client device 104. Anadvantage of periodically or continuously receiving user data mayinclude saving time that would be required to request and obtain userdata. The user data associated with the activities of one or more usersmay be periodically collected and stored in the user data database 138so as to allow the client device 104 to access such user data whenneeded. For example, a company may collect user data associated witheach of its employees and store it in a database and use such user datawhen needed.

In some embodiments, in response to the sent request, the client device104 may obtain user data, for example, via a network 150. Alternatively,as noted above, the client device 104 may periodically or continuouslyobtain user data via, for example, a network 150. The obtained user datamay include user data associated a specific time period. For example,the obtained user data may include user data associated with a timestamp within the past year, within the past two years, within the pastfew months, etc. The time stamp may correspond to time at which the userdata was collected and stored in the user data database 138. Since userhabits change over time, some user data (for example, older user data)may not be relevant anymore. Accordingly, only relevant user data may beobtained or used. The relevance of the user data may be determined (forexample, by the computer system 102 or a client device 104) by comparingthe newer user data with the older user data and determining whetherthere are any differences between the older user data and the newer userdata that exceed a predetermined threshold. If such a threshold isexceeded, then the older user data may be deleted from the user datadatabase 138 and the newer user data may be obtained (or used forcustomizing an email) by the client device 104. This way, user data thatis not relevant may not need to be communicated or used. For example,older user data may indicate that a user spends an average (or total)time of less than five seconds looking at an email, while the newer userdata may indicate that the same user now spends an average (or total)time of thirty seconds looking at an email. This would suggest that theuser habit has changed in recent times and therefore, older user datamay no longer be relevant. Accordingly, only relevant user data may beobtained or used.

In some embodiments, user data associated with a user may include emailactivity data associated with the user's previous activity with emails.The email activity data may include data regarding the user's time (forexample, average amount of time, total amount of time, etc.) ofinteraction with one or more emails, the user's average amount ofscrolls (or the total amount of scrolls) through one or more emails, orthe user's interaction with links within one or more emails. The emailactivity data may be tracked by using content inserted into the email,like a hyperlink, tracking code, etc. that includes a tracking pixel. Atracking pixel may be a 1×1 pixel (or larger) or a pixel tag that isloaded when a document or an email is opened or when a hyperlink isaccessed. Or embodiments may use a tracking font, a tracking script, orvarious other remote resources called when rendering by a renderingengine. The tracking pixel may be associated with a URL that correspondsto a memory location on a server (for example, computer system 102).When a document, email, or hyperlink that has a tracking pixel isopened, the opening application may parse the document (or email orhyperlink), detect the URL, and respond by triggering a request to a webserver where the tracking pixel is hosted. The server may then send apixel tag to an IP address (from which the document, email, or hyperlinkwas opened or accessed) and that IP address may be logged by the webserver (for example, computer system 102). In addition to the IPaddress, various other information associated with, for example, a userthat opened or otherwise accessed the document, email, or hyperlink maybe obtained. Such other information may include an operating systemused, types of website or email used, type of client used, screenresolution, time the document (or email or hyperlink) was read orotherwise accessed, interaction with links within a document or email,and activities on the website during a session. In some embodiments, theuser scrolls may also be tracked based on a user's action and a locationof a call to action button/link.

In some embodiments, the email activity data associated with a user maybe collected from a user each time the user accesses his/her email. Forexample, a company monitoring activities of its employees may collectemail activity data associated with each user. The email activity datafor each user may be stored in the user data database 138 along with atime stamp (for example, the time associated with the user's activitywith an email). As user habits and activities change over time, certainemail activity data may not be as relevant as other email activity data(for example, email activity data that are more recent may be morerelevant to the user than older email activity data). Accordingly, insome embodiments, the email activity data may be associated with weightsand the weights associated with the email activity data may be based onrelevance of the email activity data (for example, email activity datathat are more recent may be more relevant to the user than older emailactivity data). The weights associated with the email activity data maybe periodically or dynamically modified based on a change in relevanceof the email activity data. For example, a weight associated with emailactivity data at a current time may be higher than the weight associatedwith the same email activity data one year after the current time.

In some embodiments, the client device 104 (for example, thecustomization subsystem 142) may determine components of the pluralityof components of the email to be displayed in a customized email basedon the user data (for example, email activity data) such that thecustomized email includes the components and excludes one or more othercomponents of the plurality of components of the email. In other words,the customization subsystem 142 may select a subset of components of theplurality of components to be displayed in a customized email and one ormore other components to be excluded from being displayed in thecustomized email based on the user data (for example, email activitydata). Alternatively, or additionally, the customization of the emailmay also be performed such that the customized email includes one ormore components that are highlighted, that are capitalized, or that areformatted (for example, modifying the font, paragraph spacing, etc.) andother components of the customized email that are not highlighted,capitalized, or formatted. In other words, a customized email mayinclude one or more components that are selected to be highlighted,capitalized, or formatted and may include other components that are nothighlighted, capitalized, or formatted. Alternatively, or additionally,each of the components included in the customized email may behighlighted, capitalized, or formatted (for example, modifying the font,paragraph spacing, etc.), while one or more other components of theemail are excluded from the customized email. Alternatively, oradditionally, one or more components included in the customized emailmay be highlighted, capitalized, or formatted (for example, modifyingthe font, paragraph spacing, etc.), while a first subset of othercomponents of the email are excluded from the customized email and whilea second subset of the other components of the email are included in thecustomized email but not highlighted, capitalized, or formatted. Inother words, a customized email may include one or more components ofthe email that are highlighted, capitalized, or formatted and mayinclude a first subset of other components of the email that are nothighlighted, capitalized, or formatted, while a second subset of theother components of the email are excluded from the customized email.Such customization may be based on user data (for example, emailactivity data, user activity data, or web site activity data).

In some embodiments, the customization of an email may be based on aportion of the obtained user data (for example, a portion of theobtained email activity data, user activity data, or website activitydata). The client device 104 (for example, the customization subsystem142) may determine a portion of the user data that is relevant to theuser and other portions of the user data that are not relevant to theuser and utilize the relevant portion of the user data to determine asubset of components of the plurality of components of the email to beincluded in a customized email such that the customized email includesthe subset of components and excludes one or more other components ofthe plurality of components of the email. As discussed above, therelevant portion of the user data may be determined based on differencesbetween the newer user data and the older user data. For example, olderuser data may indicate that a user spends an average (or total) time ofless than five seconds looking at an email, while the newer user datamay indicate that the same user now spends an average (or total) time ofthirty seconds looking at an email. If a threshold for a differencebetween older user data and newer user data is five seconds, then theclient device 104 may determine that the newer user data (for example,indicating that the user now spends an average (or total) time of thirtyseconds looking at an email) may be more relevant and that the neweruser data should be utilized, while excluding the older user data frombeing utilized. Accordingly, the client device 104 may utilize a portionof the obtained user data (for example, a portion of the user data thatis relevant to the user) to determine a subset of components of theplurality of components of the email to be included in a customizedemail such that the customized email includes the subset of componentsand excludes one or more other components of the plurality of componentsof the email.

Alternatively, or additionally, the client device 104 may obtain asubset of the user data (including a subset of the newer user data and asubset of the older user data) from the user data database 138 and maydetermine whether the older user data is relevant or not based on acomparison of the subset of the newer user data and the subset of theolder user data. If the client device 104 determines that differencebetween the subset of the new user data and the subset of the older userdata exceeds a predetermined threshold, then the computer system 102 mayonly obtain the rest of the newer user data to utilize the newer userdata to determine a subset of components of the plurality of componentsof the email to be included in a customized email such that thecustomized email includes the subset of components and excludes one ormore other components of the plurality of components of the email.Accordingly, only relevant user data may be obtained or used.

In some embodiments, the customization of the email may be performedafter the email has been dispatched (form a sender, for example, anotherclient device 104 or computer system 102) to a client device 104, afterthe email has been received by the intended recipient user, and after anaction (for example, by the recipient user) has been taken to open (oraccess) the email. As an example, the email activity data may indicatethat the user only spends a total (or average) of less than sevenseconds looking at an email. Based on such email activity data, thecustomization subsystem 142 may determine that a customized email shouldonly include, for example, the subject and a first paragraph of the bodyof the email, and that other components of the email (for example,header, footer, other paragraphs of the body of the email, image, etc.)should be excluded. Additionally, the customization subsystem 142 mayalso take into account the weights associated with different pieces ofdata in the email activity data and may determine a subset of componentsof the plurality of components of the email to be included in acustomized email based on the email activity data and the weightsassociated with the email activity data. As an example, a higher weightmay be assigned to email activity data associated with the past yearcompared to email activity associated with dates prior to the past year(that is, email activity data indicating that a user spends a total (oraverage) of fifteen seconds looking at one or more emails in the pastyear may be assigned a higher weight than email activity data thatindicates that the user spent a total (or average) less than fiveseconds looking at one or more email prior to the past year). Based onsuch email activity data and weights associated with the email activitydata, the customization subsystem 142 may determine that a customizedemail should include, for example, the subject, the header, the firsttwo paragraphs in the body of the email, and the image, and that othercomponents of the email (for example, footer, other paragraphs in thebody of the email, etc.) should be excluded.

As another example, the email activity data may indicate that the userinteracts often with links within emails. Based on such data associatedwith the email activity data, the customization subsystem 142 maydetermine that a customized email should include, for example, thesubject, the header, and any paragraph in the body of the email thatincludes a link, and that other components of the email (for example,footer, other paragraphs in the body of the email, image, etc.) shouldbe excluded. Additionally, the customization subsystem 142 may take intoaccount weights associated with user's interaction with links withinemails and based on this, may determine a subset of components of theplurality of components of the email to be included in a customizedemail and one or more other components to be excluded from thecustomized email.

In some embodiments, the customization subsystem 142 may customize anemail such that one or more portions of one or more components of theemail are included in the customized email and the other portions of theone or more components or the other components (other than the one ormore components) of the email are excluded from the customized email. Asan example, the email activity data may indicate that a user spends atotal (or average) time of less than three seconds on an email. Based onsuch email activity data, the customization subsystem 112 may determinethat a customized email should only include, for example, a portion ofthe subject and a portion of the first paragraph of the body of theemail, and that other components of the email (for example, header,footer, other portion of the subject, other paragraphs of the body ofthe email, other portions of the first paragraph, image, etc.) should beexcluded.

In some embodiments, the client device 104 (for example, the displaysubsystem 146) may cause the components to be displayed in a customizedemail via a user interface (for example, a user interface of the clientdevice 104 or another client device 104) without displaying one or moreother components of the plurality of components in the customized email.In some embodiments, only the customized email may be displayed withoutdisplaying the email prior to customization. A user can access thecustomized email by accessing his or her email account via, for example,a client device 104.

In some embodiments, the obtained user data may include user activitydata. The user activity data may be associated with the user's previousactivity related to the contents of the obtained email. In someembodiments, client device 104 (for example, the customization subsystem142) may scan the contents of the obtained email. Based on scanning theemail, the customization subsystem 142 may identify the contentsassociated with the email. In some embodiments, the client device 104may generate a request (for example, an API request) to obtain useractivity data, which includes data associated with the user's activityrelated to the contents of the email. The request may be generated basedon the scanned contents of the email and an identity of the userassociated with the email.

In some embodiments, user activity data may be stored in a user datadatabase 138. User activity data may correspond to a user's previousactivity. For example, if a user has an account with a bank, the useractivity data associated with the user may include data indicating datesand times of withdrawal, amount of withdrawals, dates and times ofdeposit, amount of deposits, and other data of the user's activityconnected to the bank account associated with the user. Further, if auser has a credit card account with a bank, the user activity dataassociated with the user may include data indicating date and time ofprevious payment, amount of previous payment, date and time of nextpayment, amount of next payment, and other data of the user's activityconnected to the credit card account associated with the user. Althoughthe above examples relate to a user's bank account and credit cardaccount, it should be understood that user activity data may include anydata associated with a user's activity. The user activity data may becollected by the computer system 102 each time a user takes an action,for example, with his/her bank account or credit card account and theuser activity data may be stored (along with a user's identification) inthe user data database 138.

In some embodiments, in response to a request for user activity datarelated to the contents of the email, the client device 104 may retrieveuser activity data related to the contents of the email. In other words,if the request for user activity data is related to a user's credit cardaccount, then the client device 104 may retrieve user activity datarelated to the user's credit card account. As an example, an email mayinclude contents associated with a credit card account and a pluralityof components of the email may include “Your next payment is due soon”and “Thank you for your payment.” Based on such contents of the emailand based on scanning of the email, the client device 104 may determinethat the contents of the email to correspond to a credit card account.Accordingly, the client device 104 may request to retrieve a user'sactivity data associated with the user's credit card account. If theobtained user activity data indicates that the user recently made acredit card payment, then the customization subsystem 142 may determine(or select) a subset of components (for example, “Thank you for yourpayment”) to be included in a customized email based on the useractivity data (for example, an indication that the user recently made acredit card payment) such that the customized email includes the subsetof components (for example, “Thank you for your payment”) and excludesthe other component (for example, “Your next payment is due soon”) ofthe email. In other words, the customization subsystem 142 may customizean email instance of the email for a user based on user activity datasuch that the email instance includes a subset of components of theplurality of components and excludes one or more other components of theplurality of components. As noted above, customization of an email maybe performed after the email has been dispatched to the client devicefrom a sender (for example, another client device 104 or computer system102), after the email has been received by the recipient, and after anaction to open (or access) the email.

In some embodiments, the customization subsystem 142 may customize anemail such that one or more portions of one or more components of theemail are included in the customized email and the other portions of theone or more components or the other components (other than the one ormore components) of the email are excluded from the customized email. Asan example, an email may include contents associated with a credit cardaccount and a plurality of components of the email may include “Yournext payment is due soon” and “Payment received, thank you for yourpayment.” Based on such contents of the email and based on scanning ofthe email, the client device 104 may determine that the contents of theemail to correspond to a credit card account. Accordingly, the clientdevice 104 may request to retrieve a user's activity data associatedwith the user's credit card account. If the obtained user activity dataindicates that the user recently made a credit card payment, then thecustomization subsystem 142 may determine one or more portions of acomponent (for example, “Payment received”) to be included in acustomized email based on the user activity data (for example, anindication that the user recently made a credit card payment) such thatthe customized email includes a portion of a component (for example,“Payment received”) and excludes the other components (for example,“Your next payment is due soon” and “, thank you for your payment”) ofthe email.

In some embodiments, the client device 104 (for example, the displaysubsystem 146) may cause the components to be displayed in a customizedemail via a user interface (for example, a user interface of the clientdevice 104 or another client device 104) without displaying one or moreother components of the plurality of components in the customized email.In some embodiments, only the customized email may be displayed withoutdisplaying the email prior to customization. A user can access thecustomized email by accessing his or her email account via, for example,a client device 104.

In some embodiments, the obtained user data may further include websiteactivity data. The website activity data may include data regarding auser's interaction with one or more websites. Website activity data mayinclude data identifying the content of one or more websites visited bythe user, the user's average time (or the total amount of time) ofinteraction with one or more websites, the user's average amount ofscrolls (or the total amount of scrolls) through one or more websites,the user's interaction with links within one or more websites, theuser's number of visits associated with one or more websites, the user'spercentage of new sessions associated with one or more websites, theuser's use of channels (for example, direct, organic search, referral,email, paid search, other advertising) to access one or more websites,whether the user's visit to one or more websites was a single pagevisit, the user's conversion (for example, email subscriptions, contactform submissions, content downloads, engaging in live chat, watchingvideos, etc.) associated with one or more websites, a number of pagesvisited in one or more websites, whether the user visited one or morewebsites from a mobile device, or the user's landing and exit pagesassociated with one or more websites.

The website activity data of a user may be collected periodically (forexample, by the computer system 102). For example, an employee of thecompany may be tracked periodically, and the website activity data ofthe employee may be stored in, for example, the user data database 138.When website activity data is needed to customize an email, the clientdevice 104 may obtain the website activity data from the user datadatabase 138 via an API request. The website activity data may be storedin the user data database 138 along with a time stamp (for example, thetime associated with the user's website activity). As user habits andactivities change over time, certain website activity data may not be asrelevant as other website activity data (for example, website activitydata that are more recent may be more relevant to the user than olderwebsite activity data). Accordingly, in some embodiments, the websiteactivity data may be associated with weights and the weights associatedwith the website activity data may be based on relevance of the websiteactivity data (for example, website activity data that are more recentmay be more relevant to the user than older website activity data). Theweights associated with the website activity data may be periodically ordynamically modified based on a change in relevance of the websiteactivity data. For example, a weight associated with website activitydata at a current time may be higher than the weight associated with thesame website activity data one year after the current time.

In some embodiments, the client device 104 (for example, thecustomization subsystem 142) may determine components of the pluralityof components of the email to be included in a customized email based onthe website activity data such that the customized email includes thecomponents and excludes one or more other components of the plurality ofcomponents of the email. In other words, the customization subsystem 142may select a subset of components of the plurality of components to bedisplayed in a customized email and one or more other components to beexcluded from being displayed in the customized email based on thewebsite activity data. The customization of the email may be performedafter the email has been dispatched to client device 104 from a sender(for example, the computer system 102 or another client device 104) andafter an action has been taken to open (or access) the email. As anexample, the website activity data may indicate that the user onlyspends a total (or average) of less than seven seconds looking at one ormore websites. Based on such website activity data, the customizationsubsystem 142 may determine that a customized email should only include,for example, the subject and a first paragraph of the body of the email,and that other components of the email (for example, header, footer,other paragraphs of the body of the email, image, etc.) should beexcluded.

Additionally, in some embodiments, the customization subsystem 142 mayalso take into account the weights associated with different pieces ofdata in the web site activity data and may determine a subset ofcomponents of the plurality of components of the email to be included ina customized email based on the website activity data and the weightsassociated with the website activity data. As an example, a higherweight may be assigned to website activity data associated with the pastyear compared to website activity associated with dates prior to thepast year (that is, web site activity data indicating that a user spendsa total (or average) of fifteen seconds looking at one or more web sitesin the past year may be assigned a higher weight than website activitydata that indicates that the user spent a total (or average) less thanfive seconds looking at one or more websites prior to the past year).Based on such website activity data and weights associated with thewebsite activity data, the customization subsystem 142 may determinethat a customized email should include, for example, the subject, theheader, the first two paragraphs in the body of the email, and theimage, and that other components of the email (for example, footer,other paragraphs in the body of the email, etc.) should be excluded.

As another example, the website activity data may indicate specificcontent that the user views on one or more websites. For instance,website data activity may indicate that 40% of the websites that theuser views are sports related, 25% of the websites are news related, 25%of the websites are related to stock trading, and 10% are miscellaneousor may indicate that a user spends a total (or average) time of twominutes on sports related websites and spends a total (or average) timeof thirty seconds on news related websites. Based on such websiteactivity data, the client device 104 (for example, the customizationsubsystem 142) may customize an email such that the customized emailincludes the subject and all the paragraphs of the body of the email andexcludes other components such as header and footer of the email whenthe contents of the email are sports related. On the other hand, basedon such website activity data, the client device 104 (for example, thecustomization subsystem 142) may customize an email such that thecustomized email includes the subject and a first paragraph of the bodyof the email and excludes other components such as header, footer, andother paragraphs of the body of the email when the contents of the emailare news related. Additionally, the customization subsystem 142 may takeinto account weights associated with user's web site activity and, basedon the weights, may determine a subset of components of the plurality ofcomponents of the email to be included in a customized email and one ormore other components to be excluded from the customized email.

In some embodiments, the customization subsystem 142 may customize anemail such that one or more portions of one or more components areincluded in the customized email and the other portions of the one ormore components or the other components (other than the one or morecomponents) are excluded from the customized email. As an example, thewebsite activity data may indicate that a user spends a total (oraverage) time of ten seconds on sports related websites and spends atotal (or average) time of twenty seconds on news related websites. Ifthe content of an email is sports related, then based on such websiteactivity data, the customization subsystem 142 may determine that acustomized email should include a portion of the subject and a portionof the first paragraph of the body of the email and should exclude othercomponents of the email (for example, the other portion of the subject,the other portion of the first paragraph of the body of the email, theheader, footer, image, etc.). If the content of the email is newsrelated, the based on such website activity data, the customizationsubsystem 142 may determine that a customized email should include aportion of the subject and a portion of the first and second paragraphsof the body of the email and should exclude other components of theemail (for example, the other portion of the subject, the other portionsof the first and second paragraphs of the body of the email, the header,footer, image, etc.).

In some embodiments, the client device 104 (for example, the displaysubsystem 146) may cause the components to be displayed in a customizedemail via a user interface (for example, a user interface of the clientdevice 104 or another client device 104) without displaying one or moreother components of the plurality of components in the customized email.In some embodiments, only the customized email may be displayed withoutdisplaying the email prior to customization. A user can access thecustomized email by accessing his or her email account on, for example,a client device 104. The client device 104 communicates with otherdevices or databases via, for example, the communication subsystem 144.Although certain examples are provided above to customize an email basedon user data, it should be understood that the customization of an emailmay be based on one or more pieces of data of the user data.

Customizing an email based on the above techniques can be advantageousfor several reasons. As an example, an intended recipient may receivecontent in the customized email that the intended recipient is likely toread. As another example, the intended recipient is more likely toreceive content in the customized email that is relevant to therecipient user. As a further example, the recipient user may be morelikely to positively engage (for example, via email subscriptions, viaclicking on links included in the customized email, via contact formsubmissions, via content downloads, via engaging in live chat, viawatching videos, etc.) with the content received in the customizedemail.

Further, customizing an email after the email has been dispatched to arecipient, after the recipient has received the email, and after anaction to open (or access) the email is taken may also be advantageousbecause it may allow the customization to be performed only when a useris ready to view the email. In other words, by waiting to customize theemail until the user decides to view the email allows the email to becustomized with the most up-to-date user data that is most relevant tothe user, thereby displaying content to the user that the user is likelyto read, that is most relevant to the user, and that the user is likelygoing to engage with. An email customized a month (or any othersignificant period of time) prior to the user viewing the email may notbe as relevant to the user as an email customized at the time the userintends to view the email.

Details with regard to training a prediction model and utilizing aprediction model for predicting a subset of components to be included ina customized email and one or more other components to be excluded fromthe customized email are not repeated for the sake of brevity. All thedetails discussed above with regard to a prediction model and computersystem 102 also apply to this portion of the disclosure associated withthe client device 104. In other words, the details associated with thecomputer system 102 (with regard to training the prediction model andutilizing the prediction model for customizing an email) may also beperformed by the client device 104.

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FIGS. 3-5 are example flowcharts of processing operations of methodsthat enable the various features and functionality of the system asdescribed in detail above. The processing operations of each methodpresented below are intended to be illustrative and non-limiting. Insome embodiments, for example, the methods may be accomplished with oneor more additional operations not described, and/or without one or moreof the operations discussed. Additionally, the order in which theprocessing operations of the methods are illustrated (and describedbelow) is not intended to be limiting.

In some embodiments, the methods may be implemented in one or moreprocessing devices (e.g., a digital processor, an analog processor, adigital circuit designed to process information, an analog circuitdesigned to process information, a state machine, and/or othermechanisms for electronically processing information). The processingdevices may include one or more devices executing some or all of theoperations of the methods in response to instructions storedelectronically on an electronic storage medium. The processing devicesmay include one or more devices configured through hardware, firmware,and/or software to be specifically designed for execution of one or moreof the operations of the methods.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of a method 300 of facilitating customizationof an email, in accordance with one or more embodiments. In an operation302, an email including a plurality of components may be obtained. As anexample, the plurality of components or portions of an email may includea header, footer, signature block, subject, body, image, or othercomponents of the email. In an operation 304, email activity dataassociated with a user may be obtained. The user may be associated withthe email (for example, the user may be the intended recipient of theemail). The email activity data may include data associated with theuser's previous activity with emails. The email activity data mayinclude data regarding the user's time (for example, average amount oftime, total amount of time, etc.) of interaction with one or moreemails, the user's amount of scrolls (for example, average amount ofscrolls, total amount of scrolls, etc.) through one or more emails, orthe user's interaction with links within one or more emails. The emailactivity data may be tracked by using content inserted into the email,like a hyperlink, tracking code, etc. that includes a tracking pixel.For example, a company that monitors activities of its employees maycollect email activity data associated with each user and may store theemail activity data in a database. The email activity data for each usermay be stored in the user data database 138 along with a time stamp (forexample, the time associated with the user's activity with an email).Obtaining the email activity data may also include obtaining weightsassociated with the email activity data. As user habits and activitieschange over time, certain email activity data may not be as relevant asother email activity data (for example, email activity data that aremore recent may be more relevant to the user than older email activitydata). Accordingly, weights associated with the email activity data mayalso be obtained to determine the relevance of each piece of emailactivity data. In addition to obtaining email activity data, useractivity data and website activity may also be obtained. The useractivity data may be associated with the user's previous activityrelated to the contents of the obtained email and the web site activitydata may include data regarding a user's interaction with one or morewebsites. The obtained user data may include user data associated aspecific time period. For example, the obtained user data may includeuser data associated with a time stamp within the past year, within thepast two years, within the past few months, etc. The time stamp maycorrespond to time at which the user data was collected and stored in adatabase. Since user habits change over time, some user data (forexample, older user data) may not be relevant anymore. Accordingly, onlyrelevant user data may be obtained. The relevance of the user data maybe determined by comparing the newer user data with the older user dataand determining whether there are any differences between the older userdata and the newer user data that exceed a predetermined threshold. Ifsuch a threshold is exceeded, then the older user data may be deletedfrom the database and the newer user data may be obtained by the clientdevice. This way, user data that is not relevant may not need to becommunicated or used.

In an operation 306, a subset of components of the plurality ofcomponents to be included in a customized email may be determined basedon the obtained email activity data (or user activity data or websiteactivity data). The customized email may be customized such that thecustomized email includes the subset of components and excludes one ormore other components of the plurality of components of the email. Forexample, the email activity data may indicate that the user only spendsa total (or average) of less than seven seconds looking at an email.Based on such email activity data, it may be determined that acustomized email should only include, for example, the subject and afirst paragraph of the body of the email, and that other components ofthe email (for example, header, footer, other paragraphs of the body ofthe email, image, etc.) should be excluded. In an operation 308, thecustomized email may be sent to the user via a network connection. Inthe operations described in FIG. 3, the obtained email may be customized(based on email activity data, user activity data, or website activitydata) before being dispatched to an intended recipient.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of another method 400 of facilitatingcustomization of an email, in accordance with one or more embodiments.In an operation 402, a client device may obtain an email including aplurality of components. As an example, the plurality of components orportions of an email may include a header, footer, signature block,subject, body, image, or other components of the email. In an operation404, the client device may generate a request (for example, an APIrequest) to obtain user data associated with a user in response to anaction to open (or access) the email. The user may be the recipient ofthe email. The request may be automatically generated in response to anaction to open (or access) an email. The user data may include emailactivity data, user activity data, or web site activity data. The emailactivity data may include data associated with the user's previousactivity with emails, the user activity data may be associated with theuser's previous activity related to the contents of the obtained email,and the website activity data may include data regarding a user'sinteraction with one or more websites.

In an operation 406, the client device may obtain the user data via anetwork connection in response to the generated request. The obtaineduser data may include user data associated a specific time period. Forexample, the obtained user data may include user data associated with atime stamp within the past year, within the past two years, within thepast few months, etc. The time stamp may correspond to a time at whichthe user data was collected and stored in a database. Since user habitschange over time, some user data (for example, older user data) may notbe relevant anymore. Accordingly, only relevant user data may beobtained. The relevance of the user data may be determined by comparingthe newer user data with the older user data and determining whetherthere are any differences between the older user data and the newer userdata that exceed a predetermined threshold. If such a threshold isexceeded, then the older user data may be deleted from the database andthe newer user data may be obtained by the client device. This way, userdata that is not relevant may not need to be communicated or used.

In an operation 408, the client device may determine a subset ofcomponents of the plurality of components of the email to be displayedin a customized email based on the user data obtained via the networkconnection. Specifically, the client device may determine a subset ofcomponents of the plurality of components of the email to be displayedin a customized email based on the user data such that the customizedemail includes the determined subset of components and excludes one ormore other components of the plurality of components of the email. As anexample, the user data may indicate that the user only spends a total(or average) of less than seven seconds looking at an email. Based onsuch user data, it may be determined that a customized email should onlyinclude, for example, the subject and a first paragraph of the body ofthe email, and that other components of the email (for example, header,footer, other paragraphs of the body of the email, image, etc.) shouldbe excluded. Obtaining the user data may also include obtaining weightsassociated with the user data. As user habits and activities change overtime, certain user data may not be as relevant as other user data (forexample, user data that are more recent may be more relevant to the userthan older user data). Accordingly, weights associated with the userdata may also be obtained to determine the relevance of each piece ofuser data.

In an operation 410, the determined subset of components may be causedto be displayed in a customized email via a user interface withoutdisplaying one or more other components of the plurality of componentsin the customized email.

FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of a method 500 of causing customization of anemail at a client device, in accordance with one or more embodiments. Insome embodiments, a server (for example, a computer system) may causecustomization of an email at a client device. In an operation 502, anemail including a plurality of components may be sent to a client deviceby, for example, a computer system. As an example, the plurality ofcomponents or portions of an email may include a header, footer,signature block, subject, body, image, or other components of the email.

In an operation 504, the computer system may receive a request (forexample, an API request) for email activity data associated with a userfrom the client device. The request may be received in response to anaction taken to open the email at the client device. The request may beautomatically generated in response to an action to open (or access) anemail and the email activity data may include data associated with theuser's previous activity with emails.

In an operation 506, in response to the request, the computer system maysend the email activity data to the client device via a networkconnection. The email activity data may cause the client device toselect a subset of components of the plurality of components of theemail to be displayed in a customized email based on the email activitydata obtained via the network connection such that the selected subsetof components are displayed in the customized email without one or moreother components of the plurality of components of the email beingdisplayed in the customized email. Specifically, the computer system maycause the client device to determine components of the plurality ofcomponents of the email to be displayed in a customized email based onthe email activity data such that the customized email includes thedetermined components and excludes one or more other components of theplurality of components of the email. As an example, the email activitydata may indicate that the user only spends a total (or average) of lessthan seven seconds looking at an email. Based on such user data, thecomputer system may cause the client device to determine that acustomized email should only include, for example, the subject and afirst paragraph of the body of the email, and that other components ofthe email (for example, header, footer, other paragraphs of the body ofthe email, image, etc.) should be excluded. Sending the email activitydata may also include sending weights associated with the email activitydata. As user habits and activities change over time, certain emailactivity data may not be as relevant as other email activity data (forexample, email activity data that are more recent may be more relevantto the user than older email activity data). Accordingly, weightsassociated with the email activity data may also be sent to cause theclient device to determine the relevance of each piece of user data.

In some embodiments, the various computers and subsystems illustrated inFIG. 1 may include one or more computing devices that are programmed toperform the functions described herein. The computing devices mayinclude one or more electronic storages (e.g., prediction database(s)132, which may include training data database(s) 134, model database(s)136, user data database 138, etc., or other electronic storages), one ormore physical processors programmed with one or more computer programinstructions, and/or other components. The computing devices may includecommunication lines or ports to enable the exchange of informationwithin a network (e.g., network 150) or other computing platforms viawired or wireless techniques (e.g., Ethernet, fiber optics, coaxialcable, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, near field communication, or othertechnologies). The computing devices may include a plurality ofhardware, software, and/or firmware components operating together. Forexample, the computing devices may be implemented by a cloud ofcomputing platforms operating together as the computing devices.

The electronic storages may include non-transitory storage media thatelectronically stores information. The storage media of the electronicstorages may include one or both of (i) system storage that is providedintegrally (e.g., substantially non-removable) with servers or clientdevices or (ii) removable storage that is removably connectable to theservers or client devices via, for example, a port (e.g., a USB port, afirewire port, etc.) or a drive (e.g., a disk drive, etc.). Theelectronic storages may include one or more of optically readablestorage media (e.g., optical disks, etc.), magnetically readable storagemedia (e.g., magnetic tape, magnetic hard drive, floppy drive, etc.),electrical charge-based storage media (e.g., EEPROM, RAM, etc.),solid-state storage media (e.g., flash drive, etc.), and/or otherelectronically readable storage media. The electronic storages mayinclude one or more virtual storage resources (e.g., cloud storage, avirtual private network, and/or other virtual storage resources). Theelectronic storage may store software algorithms, information determinedby the processors, information obtained from servers, informationobtained from client devices, or other information that enables thefunctionality as described herein.

The processors may be programmed to provide information processingcapabilities in the computing devices. As such, the processors mayinclude one or more of a digital processor, an analog processor, adigital circuit designed to process information, an analog circuitdesigned to process information, a state machine, and/or othermechanisms for electronically processing information. In someembodiments, the processors may include a plurality of processing units.These processing units may be physically located within the same device,or the processors may represent processing functionality of a pluralityof devices operating in coordination. The processors may be programmedto execute computer program instructions to perform functions describedherein of subsystems 112-118, 142-146, or other subsystems. Theprocessors may be programmed to execute computer program instructions bysoftware; hardware; firmware; some combination of software, hardware, orfirmware; and/or other mechanisms for configuring processingcapabilities on the processors.

It should be appreciated that the description of the functionalityprovided by the different subsystems 112-118 and 142-146 describedherein is for illustrative purposes, and is not intended to be limiting,as any of subsystems 112-118 and 142-146 may provide more or lessfunctionality than is described. For example, one or more of subsystems112-118 and 142-146 may be eliminated, and some or all of itsfunctionality may be provided by other ones of subsystems 112-118 and142-146. As another example, additional subsystems may be programmed toperform some or all of the functionality attributed herein to one ofsubsystems 112-118 and 142-146.

Although the present invention has been described in detail for thepurpose of illustration based on what is currently considered to be themost practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood thatsuch detail is solely for that purpose and that the invention is notlimited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intendedto cover modifications and equivalent arrangements that are within thescope of the appended claims. For example, it is to be understood thatthe present invention contemplates that, to the extent possible, one ormore features of any embodiment can be combined with one or morefeatures of any other embodiment.

The present techniques will be better understood with reference to thefollowing enumerated embodiments:

1. A system for customizing an email instance of an email based on emailactivity data of a user, the system comprising a computer system thatcomprises one or more processors programmed with computer programinstructions that, when executed, cause the computer system to: obtainan email including a plurality of components; obtain first emailactivity data associated with a first user and second email activitydata associated with a second user, the first email activity dataincluding data associated with the first user's previous activity with afirst set of emails and the second email activity data including dataassociated with the second user's previous activity with a second set ofemails; customize a first email instance of the email for the first userbased on the first email activity data such that the first emailinstance includes a first subset of components of the plurality ofcomponents and excludes one or more components of the plurality ofcomponents other than the first subset of component; customize a secondemail instance of the email for the second user based on the secondemail activity data such that the second email instance includes asecond subset of components of the plurality of components and excludesone or more components of the plurality of components other than thesecond subset of components; and send the first email instance to thefirst user and the second email instance to the second user.2. The system of embodiment 1, wherein the computer system is furthercaused to: scan contents of the email; generate a first applicationprogramming interface (API) request to obtain first user activity dataassociated with the first user, the first user activity data beingassociated with the first user's activity related to the contents of theemail; and generate a second application programming interface (API)request to obtain second user activity data associated with the seconduser, the second user activity data being associated with the seconduser's activity related to the contents of the email, whereincustomizing the first email instance comprises customizing the firstemail instance based on the first user activity data and the first emailactivity data, and wherein customizing the second email instancecomprises customizing the second email instance based on the second useractivity data and the second email activity data.3. The system of any of embodiments 1 or 2, wherein customizing thefirst email instance comprises customizing the first email instancebased on the first user activity and the first email activity data suchthat the first email instance includes a portion of a component of thefirst subset of components and excludes one or more other portions ofthe component of the first subset of components, and wherein customizingthe second email instance comprises customizing the second emailinstance based on the second user activity and the second email activitysuch that the second email instance includes a portion of a component ofthe second subset of components and excludes one or more other portionsof the component of the second subset of components.4. The system of any of embodiments 1-3, wherein customizing the firstemail instance comprises customizing the first email instance based onthe first email activity data such that the first email instanceincludes a portion of a component of the first subset of components andexcludes one or more other portions of the component of the first subsetof components, and wherein customizing the second email instancecomprises customizing the second email instance based on the secondemail activity such that the second email instance includes a portion ofa component of the second subset of components and excludes one or moreother portions of the component of the second subset of components.5. The system of any of embodiments 1-4, wherein the data associatedwith the first user's previous activity with the first set of emailsincludes data regarding the first user's time of interaction with thefirst set of emails, the first user's amount of scrolls through thefirst set of emails, or the first user's interaction with links withinthe first set of emails, and wherein the data associated with the seconduser's previous activity with the second set of emails includes dataregarding the second user's time of interaction with the second set ofemails, the second user's amount of scrolls through the second set ofemails, or the second user's interaction with links within the secondset of emails.6. The system of any of embodiments 1-5, wherein the computer system isfurther caused to: obtain first website activity data associated withthe first user, the first website activity data including dataassociated with the first user's interaction with a first set of one ormore websites; and obtain second website activity data associated withthe second user, the second website activity data including dataassociated with the second user's interaction with a second set of oneor more websites, wherein customizing the first email instance comprisescustomizing the first email instance based on the first website activitydata and the first email activity data, and wherein customizing thesecond email instance comprises customizing the second email instancebased on the second website activity data and the second email activitydata.7. The system of any of embodiments 1-6, wherein the first set of one ormore websites is the same as the second set of one or more web sites.8. The system of any of embodiments 1-7, wherein the data associatedwith the first user's interaction with the first set of one or morewebsites includes data regarding the first user's time of interactionwith the first set of one or more web sites, the first user's amount ofscrolls through the first set of one or more web sites, or the firstuser's interaction with links within the first set of one or morewebsites, and wherein the data associated with the second user'sinteraction with the second set of one or more websites includes dataregarding the second user's time of interaction with the second set ofone or more web sites, the second user's amount of scrolls through thesecond set of one or more web sites, or the second user's interactionwith links within the second set of one or more web sites.9. The system of any of embodiments 1-8, wherein the first subset ofcomponents of the plurality of components are determined via a trainedfirst prediction model, wherein the first prediction model is trainedbased on the first email activity data, wherein the second subset ofcomponents of the plurality of components are determined via a trainedsecond prediction model, and wherein the second prediction model istrained based on the second email activity data.10. The system of any of embodiments 1-9, wherein the data associatedwith the first user's previous activity with the first set of emails isobtained based on tracking pixels embedded in the first set of emails,and wherein the data associated with the second user's previous activitywith the second set of emails is obtained based on tracking pixelsembedded in the second set of emails.11. A method being implemented by one or more processors configured toexecute one or more computer program instructions, the method performingoperations comprising those of any of embodiments 1-10.12. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media storinginstructions that, when executed by one or more processors, effectuateoperations comprising those of any of embodiments 1-10.13. A method for customizing an email, the method being implemented byone or more processors configured to execute one or more computerprogram instructions, the method comprising: obtaining an emailincluding a plurality of components; obtaining email activity dataassociated with a user, the email activity data including dataassociated with the user's previous activity with emails; determining asubset of components of the plurality of components to be included in acustomized email based on the email activity data such that thecustomized email includes the subset of components and excludes one ormore other components of the plurality of components; and sending thecustomized email to the user.14. The method of embodiment 13, further comprising: obtainingadditional activity data associated with the user, the additionalactivity data including data associated with the user's activity relatedto contents of the email, wherein determining the subset of componentsof the plurality of components to be included in the customized emailcomprises determining the subset of components based on the additionalactivity data and the email activity data.15. The method of any of embodiments 13 or 14, further comprising:obtaining additional activity data associated with the user, theadditional activity data including data associated with the user'sactivity related to contents of the email, wherein determining thesubset of components of the plurality of components to be included inthe customized email comprises determining a portion of a component ofthe subset of components to be included in the customized email based onthe additional activity data, such that the customized email includesthe portion of the component of the subset of components and excludesone or more other portions of the component of the subset of components.16. The method of any of embodiments 13-15, wherein determining theportion of the component of the subset of components to be included inthe customized email is based on the additional activity data and theemail activity data.17. The method of any of embodiments 13-16, wherein determining thesubset of components of the plurality of components to be included inthe customized email comprises determining a portion of a component ofthe subset of components to be included in the customized email based onthe email activity data, such that the customized email includes theportion of the component of the subset of components and excludes one ormore other portions of the component of the subset of components.18. The method of any of embodiments 13-17, wherein the data associatedwith the user's previous activity with the emails includes dataregarding the user's time of interaction with the emails, the user'samount of scrolls through the emails, or the user's interaction withlinks within the emails.19. The method of any of embodiments 13-18, further comprising:obtaining web site activity data associated with the user, the websiteactivity data including data associated with the user's interaction withone or more websites, wherein determining the subset of components ofthe plurality of components to be included in the customized emailcomprises determining the subset of components based on the web siteactivity data and the email activity data.20. The method of any of embodiments 13-19, wherein the data associatedwith the user's interaction with the one or more websites includes dataregarding the user's time of interaction with the one or more web sites,the user's amount of scrolls through the one or more web sites, or theuser's interaction with links within the one or more websites.21. The method of any of embodiments 13-20, further comprising:obtaining website activity data associated with the user, the websiteactivity data including data associated with the user's interaction withone or more websites, wherein determining the subset of components ofthe plurality of components to be included in the customized emailcomprises determining a portion of a component of the subset ofcomponents to be included in the customized email based on the websiteactivity data, such that the customized email includes the portion ofthe component of the subset of components and excludes one or more otherportions of the component of the subset of components.22. The method of any of embodiments 13-21, wherein the subset ofcomponents to be included in the customized email are determined via atrained prediction model, and wherein the prediction model is trainedbased on the email activity data.23. The method of any of embodiments 13-22, wherein the data associatedwith the user's previous activity with the emails is obtained based ontracking pixels embedded in the emails.24. A system comprising a computer system that comprises one or moreprocessors programmed with computer program instructions that, whenexecuted, cause the computer system to perform operations comprisingthose of any of embodiments 13-23.25. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media storinginstructions that, when executed by one or more processors, effectuateoperations comprising those of any of embodiments 13-23.

What is claimed is:
 1. A system for customizing an email instance of anemail based on email activity data of a recipient, the systemcomprising: a server system that comprises one or more processorsprogrammed with computer program instructions that, when executed, causethe server system to: obtain an email including a plurality of bodycomponents; obtain first email activity data associated with a firstrecipient and second email activity data associated with a secondrecipient, the first email activity data including first data associatedwith the first recipient's previous activity with a first set of emailsand the second email activity data including second data associated withthe second recipient's previous activity with a second set of emails,the first data including data regarding the first recipient's time ofinteraction with the first set of emails, the first recipient's amountof scrolls through the first set of emails, or the first recipient'sinteraction with links within the first set of emails, and the seconddata including data regarding the second recipient's time of interactionwith the second set of emails, the second recipient's amount of scrollsthrough the second set of emails, or the second recipient's interactionwith links within the second set of emails; customize a first emailinstance of the email for the first recipient based on the first emailactivity data such that the first email instance includes a first subsetof components of the plurality of body components and excludes one ormore components of the plurality of body components other than the firstsubset of components; customize a second email instance of the email forthe second recipient based on the second email activity data such thatthe second email instance includes a second subset of components of theplurality of body components and excludes one or more components of theplurality of body components other than the second subset of components;and send the first email instance to the first recipient and the secondemail instance to the second recipient, wherein the first email instanceof the email is distinct from the second email instance of the emailsuch that at least one component of the first subset of components ofthe first email instance is distinct from the second subset ofcomponents of the second email instance.
 2. The system according toclaim 1, wherein the server system is further caused to: scan contentsof the email; generate a first application programming interface (API)request to obtain first recipient activity data associated with thefirst recipient, the first recipient activity data being associated withthe first recipient's activity related to the contents of the email; andgenerate a second application programming interface (API) request toobtain second recipient activity data associated with the secondrecipient, the second recipient activity data being associated with thesecond recipient's activity related to the contents of the email,wherein customizing the first email instance comprises customizing thefirst email instance based on the first recipient activity data and thefirst email activity data, and wherein customizing the second emailinstance comprises customizing the second email instance based on thesecond recipient activity data and the second email activity data. 3.The system according to claim 2, wherein customizing the first emailinstance comprises customizing the first email instance based on thefirst recipient activity data and the first email activity data suchthat the first email instance includes a portion of a first component ofthe first subset of components and excludes one or more other portionsof the first component of the first subset of components, and whereincustomizing the second email instance comprises customizing the secondemail instance based on the second recipient activity data and thesecond email activity data such that the second email instance includesa portion of a second component of the second subset of components andexcludes one or more other portions of the second component of thesecond subset of components.
 4. The system according to claim 1, whereincustomizing the first email instance comprises customizing the firstemail instance based on the first email activity data such that thefirst email instance includes a portion of a first component of thefirst subset of components and excludes one or more other portions ofthe first component of the first subset of components, and whereincustomizing the second email instance comprises customizing the secondemail instance based on the second email activity data such that thesecond email instance includes a portion of a second component of thesecond subset of components and excludes one or more other portions ofthe second component of the second subset of components.
 5. The systemaccording to claim 1, wherein the server system is further caused to:obtain first website activity data associated with the first recipient,the first website activity data including data associated with the firstrecipient's interaction with a first set of one or more websites; andobtain second website activity data associated with the secondrecipient, the second website activity data including data associatedwith the second recipient's interaction with a second set of one or morewebsites, wherein the first email instance is customized based on thefirst website activity data and the first email activity data, andwherein the second email instance is customized based on the secondwebsite activity data and the second email activity data.
 6. The systemaccording to claim 5, wherein the first set of one or more websites isthe same as the second set of one or more websites.
 7. The systemaccording to claim 5, wherein the data associated with the firstrecipient's interaction with the first set of one or more websitesincludes data regarding the first recipient's time of interaction withthe first set of one or more websites, the first recipient's amount ofscrolls through the first set of one or more websites, or the firstrecipient's interaction with links within the first set of one or morewebsites, and wherein the data associated with the second recipient'sinteraction with the second set of one or more websites includes dataregarding the second recipient's time of interaction with the second setof one or more websites, the second recipient's amount of scrollsthrough the second set of one or more websites, or the secondrecipient's interaction with links within the second set of one or morewebsites.
 8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first subsetof components of the plurality of body components are determined via atrained first prediction model, wherein the first prediction model istrained based on the first email activity data, wherein the secondsubset of components of the plurality of body components are determinedvia a trained second prediction model, and wherein the second predictionmodel is trained based on the second email activity data.
 9. The systemaccording to claim 1, wherein the first data associated with the firstrecipient's previous activity with the first set of emails is obtainedbased on tracking pixels embedded in the first set of emails, andwherein the second data associated with the second recipient's previousactivity with the second set of emails is obtained based on trackingpixels embedded in the second set of emails.
 10. The system according toclaim 1, wherein the server system is caused to: determine a firstsubset of the first email activity data, the first subset of the firstemail activity data corresponding to data associated with the firstrecipient's previous activity with the first set of emails during afirst time period prior to a current time; determine a second subset ofthe second email activity data, the second subset of the second emailactivity data corresponding to data associated with the secondrecipient's previous activity with the second set of emails during asecond time period prior to the current time; customize the first emailinstance based on the first subset of the first email activity data; andcustomize the second email instance based on the second subset of thesecond email activity data.
 11. The system according to claim 1, whereinthe server system is caused to: assign a corresponding weight to eachpiece of data of the first email activity data and the second emailactivity data, the corresponding weight being based on a time stampassociated with said each piece of data of the first email activity dataand the second email activity data; customize the first email instanceof the email based on first weights associated with the first emailactivity data; and customize the second email instance of the emailbased on second weights associated with the second email activity data.12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the server system iscaused to assign a higher weight to a first piece of data that isassociated with a more recent time stamp than a second piece of data.13. A method for customizing an email, the method being implemented byone or more processors of a server system configured to execute one ormore computer program instructions, the method comprising: obtaining anemail including a plurality of body components; obtaining first emailactivity data associated with a first user, the first email activitydata including first data associated with the first user's previousactivity with first emails, and the first data including data regardingthe first user's time of interaction with the first emails, the firstuser's amount of scrolls through the first emails, or the first user'sinteraction with links within the first emails; obtaining second emailactivity data associated with a second user, the second email activitydata including second data associated with the second user's previousactivity with second emails, and the second data including dataregarding the second user's time of interaction with the second emails,the second user's amount of scrolls through the second emails, or thesecond user's interaction with links within the second emails;determining a first subset of components of the plurality of bodycomponents to be included in a first customized email based on the firstemail activity data such that the first customized email includes thefirst subset of components and excludes one or more other components ofthe plurality of body components other than the first subset ofcomponents; determining a second subset of components of the pluralityof body components to be included in a second customized email based onthe second email activity data such that the second customized emailincludes the second subset of components and excludes one or more othercomponents of the plurality of body components other than the secondsubset of components; and sending the first customized email to thefirst user and the second customized email to the second user, whereinthe first and second customized emails are customizations of the email,and the first customized email is distinct from the second customizedemail.
 14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising:obtaining first additional activity data associated with the first user,the first additional activity data including data associated with thefirst user's activity related to contents of the email; and obtainingsecond additional activity data associated with the second user, thesecond additional activity data including data associated with thesecond user's activity related to the contents of the email, whereindetermining the first subset of components of the plurality of bodycomponents to be included in the first customized email comprisesdetermining the first subset of components based on the first additionalactivity data and the first email activity data, and wherein determiningthe second subset of components of the plurality of body components tobe included in the second customized email comprises determining thesecond subset of components based on the second additional activity dataand the second email activity data.
 15. The method according to claim13, further comprising: obtaining first additional activity dataassociated with the first user, the first additional activity dataincluding data associated with the first user's activity related tocontents of the email; and obtaining second additional activity dataassociated with the second user, the second additional activity dataincluding data associated with the second user's activity related to thecontents of the email, wherein determining the first subset ofcomponents of the plurality of body components to be included in thefirst customized email comprises determining a first portion of a firstcomponent of the first subset of components to be included in the firstcustomized email based on the first additional activity data, such thatthe first customized email includes the first portion of the firstcomponent of the first subset of components and excludes one or moreother portions of the first component of the first subset of components;and wherein determining the second subset of components of the pluralityof body components to be included in the second customized emailcomprises determining a second portion of a second component of thesecond subset of components to be included in the second customizedemail based on the second additional activity data, such that the secondcustomized email includes the second portion of the second component ofthe second subset of components and excludes one or more other portionsof the second component of the second subset of components.
 16. Themethod according to claim 15, wherein determining the first portion ofthe first component of the first subset of components to be included inthe first customized email is based on the first additional activitydata and the first email activity data, and wherein determining thesecond portion of the second component of the second subset ofcomponents to be included in the second customized email is based on thesecond additional activity data and the second email activity data. 17.The method according to claim 13, wherein determining the first subsetof components of the plurality of body components to be included in thefirst customized email comprises determining a first portion of a firstcomponent of the first subset of components to be included in the firstcustomized email based on the first email activity data, such that thefirst customized email includes the first portion of the first componentof the first subset of components and excludes one or more otherportions of the first component of the first subset of components, andwherein determining the second subset of components of the plurality ofbody components to be included in the second customized email comprisesdetermining a second portion of a second component of the second subsetof components to be included in the second customized email based on thesecond email activity data, such that the second customized emailincludes the second portion of the second component of the second subsetof components and excludes one or more other portions of the secondcomponent of the second subset of components.
 18. The method accordingto claim 13, further comprising: obtaining first website activity dataassociated with the first user, the first website activity dataincluding data associated with the first user's interaction with one ormore first websites; and obtaining second website activity dataassociated with the second user, the second website activity dataincluding data associated with the second user's interaction with one ormore second websites, wherein determining the first subset of componentsof the plurality of body components to be included in the firstcustomized email comprises determining the first subset of componentsbased on the first website activity data and the first email activitydata, and wherein determining the second subset of components of theplurality of body components to be included in the second customizedemail comprises determining the second subset of components based on thesecond website activity data and the second email activity data.
 19. Themethod according to claim 18, wherein the data associated with the firstuser's interaction with the one or more first websites includes dataregarding the first user's time of interaction with the one or morefirst websites, the first user's amount of scrolls through the one ormore first websites, or the first user's interaction with links withinthe one or more first websites; and wherein the data associated with thesecond user's interaction with the one or more second websites includesdata regarding the second user's time of interaction with the one ormore second websites, the second user's amount of scrolls through theone or more second websites, or the second user's interaction with linkswithin the one or more second websites.
 20. The method according toclaim 13, further comprising: obtaining first website activity dataassociated with the first user, the first website activity dataincluding data associated with the first user's interaction with one ormore first websites; and obtaining second website activity dataassociated with the second user, the second website activity dataincluding data associated with the second user's interaction with one ormore second websites, wherein determining the first subset of componentsof the plurality of body components to be included in the firstcustomized email comprises determining a first portion of a firstcomponent of the first subset of components to be included in the firstcustomized email based on the first website activity data, such that thefirst customized email includes the first portion of the first componentof the first subset of components and excludes one or more otherportions of the first component of the first subset of components, andwherein determining the second subset of components of the plurality ofbody components to be included in the second customized email comprisesdetermining a second portion of a second component of the second subsetof components to be included in the second customized email based on thesecond website activity data, such that the second customized emailincludes the second portion of the second component of the second subsetof components and excludes one or more other portions of the secondcomponent of the second subset of components.
 21. The method accordingto claim 13, wherein the first subset of components to be included inthe first customized email are determined via a trained first predictionmodel, wherein the first prediction model is trained based on the firstemail activity data, wherein the second subset of components to beincluded in the second customized email are determined via a trainedsecond prediction model, and wherein the second prediction model istrained based on the second email activity data.
 22. The methodaccording to claim 13, wherein the first data associated with the firstuser's previous activity with the first emails is obtained based onfirst tracking pixels embedded in the first emails and wherein thesecond data associated with the second user's previous activity with thesecond emails is obtained based on second tracking pixels embedded inthe second emails.
 23. One or more non-transitory, computer-readablemedia storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processorsof a server system, effectuate operations comprising: obtaining an emailincluding a plurality of body components; obtaining first email activitydata associated with a first user, the first email activity dataincluding first data associated with the first user's previous activitywith first emails, and the first data including data regarding the firstuser's time of interaction with the first emails, the first user'samount of scrolls through the first emails, or the first user'sinteraction with links within the first emails; obtaining second emailactivity data associated with a second user, the second email activitydata including second data associated with the second user's previousactivity with second emails, and the second data including dataregarding the second user's time of interaction with the second emails,the second user's amount of scrolls through the second emails, or thesecond user's interaction with links within the second emails;determining a first subset of components of the plurality of bodycomponents to be included in a first customized email based on the firstemail activity data such that the first customized email includes thefirst subset of components and excludes one or more other components ofthe plurality of body components other than the first subset ofcomponents; determining a second subset of components of the pluralityof body components to be included in a second customized email based onthe second email activity data such that the second customized emailincludes the second subset of components and excludes one or more othercomponents of the plurality of body components other than the secondsubset of components; and sending the first customized email to thefirst user and the second customized email to the second user, whereinthe first and second customized emails are customizations of the email,and the first customized email is distinct from the second customizedemail.
 24. The non-transitory, computer-readable media according toclaim 23, further comprising: obtaining first additional activity dataassociated with the first user, the first additional activity dataincluding data associated with the first user's activity related tocontents of the email; and obtaining second additional activity dataassociated with the second user, the second additional activity dataincluding data associated with the second user's activity related tocontents of the email, wherein determining the first subset ofcomponents of the plurality of body components to be included in thefirst customized email comprises determining the first subset ofcomponents based on the first additional activity data and the firstemail activity data, and wherein determining the second subset ofcomponents of the plurality of body components to be included in thesecond customized email comprises determining the second subset ofcomponents based on the second additional activity data and the secondemail activity data.